Abstract:

In this study, the contribution of vocational training and education to the sentiments of entrepreneurship has been investigated through theoretical and empirical level. It is assumed that disposition to take risk and desire for independence will increase as the level of education rises. In addition to that one of the most fundamental factors that drive entrepreneurs to success is the internal control focus. These basic assumptions prevalent in the literature have been tested among the student of Kütahya Vocational School at Machinery programme. The founding do not indicate a significant relations at %5 significant level between the first and second year students compared according to their level of risk taking, feeling or control, entrepreneurship potential and desire for independence. According to multiple regression result (at %5 significance level) entrepreneurship potential of first year student adjusted R2 (%60.5) is higher than second year student adjusted R2 (%43.8). This result show that education has no significance effect on entrepreneurship potential.

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